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Horizons — To boldly go
Have you ever dreamed of travelling through the stars, exploring new worlds and exploiting their resources to fuel the expansion of your species? Horizons is certainly not the first board game to help this dream materialise, but it is one…
Ignis: Duels of Wizards is a 1vs1 duel of steerable spells
Sling spells, hurl hexes and curve curses in Ignis: Duels of Wizards, a distillation of the MOBA formula, which allows players to steer their spells in tight 1vs1 duels. Ignis: Duels of Wizards, from Moonlit, is a magic dueling game where…
TumbleSeed — Patience is rewarding
The fate of the word is left to a seed, the only seed that can move across the land guided by a platform below them. TumbleSeed has you controlling a seed which sets out to explore a world full of holes, desperately trying to not tumble…
Warparty — Jurassic lark
Leading a stone age tribe, training dinosaurs, using your own magical power — all this and more can be found in Warparty. Since the days of the Super Nintendo and Megadrive, dedicated console fans have repeatedly shown their appreciation…
Kanagawa — Paint your masterpiece
In Kanagawa, players take on the role of art students in 19th Century Japan. In a time-honoured tradition, the students will compete to improve their skills, expand their own studio and compete to make the best impression on their master.…
Keg Wars is an explosive, RPG twist on Tic-Tac-Toe
Tic-Tac-Toe meets RPG in Keg Wars, a browser-based, multiplayer strategy game which will also launch for PS4. Keg Wars, from Flying Pan Studio, is a strategy game based around classic RPG classes. Each of the classes have different actions…
Foundation — The picturesque, village-building beta
Like your cities all higgledy-piggledy? It’s time to sink your teeth into Foundation, a non-grid-based city-building game based around mediaeval villages.
Pixel Soldier is fast and challenging fun on a Game Boy scale
A frantic, explosive action game where you must defend the inner space of a rotatable shape, Pixel Soldier is fast, hard fun. Pixel Soldier, from Accidentally Awesome, challenges you to move around within an object, defeating enemies and…
Sushi Bar — Keeping a conveyor belt full
I am not a huge fan of idle games, but sometimes they get me hooked. In my challenge of finding all of the mobile, food-based games, I ended up with Sushi Bar on my phone. I knew it was an idle game, but in fairness, I needed to give it a…
The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition — Dungeon master and commander
It’s not every day that you’ll see a re-release like The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition. In fact, it’s a game — or rather a system — that I think will surprise a lot of people with both its accessibility and it’s flexibility. As the…
Art and Soul — FAR: Lone Sails
FAR: Lone Sails tells a wordless story of a lonely journey taken by a red-hooded protagonist and their odd, yet somehow personified mechanical vehicle.
Force of Habit is making games which make me rage
Games come in many genres, styles and forms. Some are more experimental, others focus on story, some provide quick gameplay, and some, some make you rage. Force of Habit have released two games so far on the Nintendo Switch; Toast Time:…
In Chernobylite, radiation isn’t all you need to worry about
As if there weren’t already enough problems in Chernobyl, you now have horrors from an alternate reality to deal with in your quest to solve a mysterious disappearance.
The Noodle Game — Fighting over your food
Playing with your food is something children are always told off for, but The Noodle Game by Big Potato Games sees you fighting over a giant box of noodles in the middle of the table.
Imperator: Rome — The grand strategy to rule them all?
Imperator: Rome is the latest grand strategy game from veteran design and publishing house Paradox Interactive. With a timeline beginning around 300 BC, players are tasked with managing the formation of the Roman Empire — or one of its…
RedSun RTS does not quite bring back the Glory Days
RedSun RTS is supposedly a classic RTS game. We have been playing it.
Eastshade — Happy little trees
Eastshade is a game about exploration and finding beauty everywhere.
XCOM: The Board Game — Xenopoly
Every fortnight, some of the team at B3 meet up to play tabletop games together, trying out new games and playing some old favourites. This week, we played XCOM: The Board Game by Fantasy Flight Games.
Theatre Tales — Puppets telling traditional stories
Classic fairy tales come in many forms, from original story books to movies and now to video games, children of all ages are still able to experience the same fairy tales that have existed for many, many years. In Theatre Tales, you (or…
Embr — The Uber of firefighting
Developer Muse Games have a habit of creating rather enjoyable gaming experiences and with their latest title, Embr, this hasn’t changed. Pitched as a tongue-in-cheek firefighting video game, players become an “Embr Respondr” and must take…